Welcome

Research Councils UK (RCUK) is a strategic partnership
through which the UK’s eight Research Councils work
together to champion
the research, training and innovation they support.

The Research Councils are the main public investors
in fundamental research in the UK with interests ranging
from bio-medicine and particle physics to the environment,
engineering and economic research. RCUK works alongside
the Office of Science
& Innovation (OSI) to support
the UK’s finest academic researchers and to ensure the
best investment of public money in research.

The partnership is led by the RCUK
Executive Group which
comprises the eight Chief Executives of the Research
Councils.

The Activities section offers
links to new and established research and training
programmes, to knowledge transfer initiatives, and to
joint Research Council projects and programmes. The
links page lists external
websites related to the work of RCUK.